Online Safety

Today’s pupils are growing up in an increasingly complex world, living their lives seamlessly on and offline. This presents many positive and exciting opportunities, but also challenges and risks. We want to equip our pupils with the knowledge needed to make the best use of the internet and...

Computing

... next steps of their education. Challenges are provided at the end of each lesson on Purplemash such as a coding project at the end of the Coding unit. There are catch-up lessons. (crash courses for some units) The teaching slides support learners to each stage of computing bit by bit. Teach...

Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development

At Daubeney, the children and their learning are at the very heart of everything we do. Its impact is seen both within and outside of the classroom. We believe strongly in a holistic education for our children, rooted in our conviction that our children will succeed regardless of their background...

Daubeney Village

Daubeney Village is an organisation of parents and staff. Its role is to encourage closer links between home and school and organise fundraising events to provide an opportunity for parents, staff and pupils to get together. How is money raised? Daubeney Village raises money through events. They...

Creative Arts - Art and Design Technology

At Daubeney, the children are given the opportunity to have a broad, balanced and exciting curriculum. Art is taught through our cross-curricular lessons with a special focus during Art weeks throughout the year. We will inspire, engage and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and...

PSHE - Jigsaw

Intent One of the integral features of the Blossom Federation curriculum. The backbone of PSHCE is our JIGSAW programme. Jigsaw connects the pieces of Personal, Social and Health Education, emotional literacy, social skills and citizenship, carrying out a mindful approach to PSHCE which brings...

Spanish

Pupils at our school learn Spanish and enjoy the benefits of starting to learn a foreign language at an early age. Learning a foreign language provides an opening to other cultures, fosters pupils’ curiosity and deepens their understanding of the world. It helps them to develop communication...

Religious Education

Intent Across the Blossom Federation, our RE curriculum provides children with an understanding and appreciation for beliefs, cultural practices and values. The Blossom Federation follows The Hackney Education agreed syllabus and lesson plans where available. We hold six designated RE days at the...

Maths

Our Vision Our vision at Blossom Federation is to nurture a life-long love and confident use of Maths. We aim to develop lively, enquiring minds encouraging pupils to become self-motivated, confident and capable in order to solve problems that will become an integral part of their future. Through...

Spanish - Language Diversity: European Day of Languages

This month schools from all countries in Europe celebrated the European Day of Languages. Daubeney took part in this event celebrating our diversity in languages and culture. KS2 pupils learnt important facts about Europe and shared their passion for languages. We discussed why it is so important...

Summer Reading Challenge

...kney Libraries Summer Reading Challenge encourages children aged 4 to 11 to enjoy the benefits of re...... will continue to deliver the Challenge through virtual services and e-lending platforms. Please use...

Year 5 Wow Day: Design and Technology

Year 5 took part in their Wow Day this week focussing on Design and Technology. The children were challenged to make a well which had a pulley in it. The children were asked to be innovative in their designs and succeed with flying colours!

Year 4 - Money

Today (10th March 2020) the children in Year 4 used 'Real Money' and opened their shop in class. Their role was to sell items from their shop, collect payment and give the correct change to their customers. To challenge their skills, the children purposely gave the wrong change sometimes to...

2K - Rocking on Timetable Rockstar!

Practice makes perfect! The children enjoyed and are still enjoying the challenges, learning and practicing their times tables on Times Table Rockstar. Most of all, they are always very proud of their hard earned coins. Such an incentive!

Year 6 - 6S Christmas Song

6S chose to sing All I Want for Christmas You by Mariah Carey - we knew it'd be a challenge but we were ready! We had so much fun singing it and you should sing along if you know the words. Merry Christmas from everyone in 6S!

Year 6 - Tycoon Team in Action

The Year 6 Tycoon Team have been developing a business enterprise in school (change challenge). So far this year, the business enterprise has been a wonderful success. The children are very excited about being part of the business and love to see profits being made, this is helping children with...

Year 6 - 6S Mental Health Day 2019

In 6S we have been learning about how to take care of our mental health and the mental health of others. We learnt about how words, in the words of Albus Dumbledore, are capable of inflicting pain and remedying it. It was difficult to think about the words that have hurt us, but when we thought...

Year 4 - 4M IntoUniversity Workshop

The children in 4M were challenged today with various activities provided by the IntoUniversity team, who came into school today to carry out a range of activities. The children had to use various skills like; teamwork, listening, creativity and building skills to complete the various activities

WOW Walk to School Challenge

For the second year running, Daubeney has decided to take part in the WOW walk to school challenge! WOW is a pupil-led initiative where children self-report how they come to school everyday. If they travel sustainably (walk, cycle, scoot, hop off the bus early and walk the rest of the way) a few...

Year 5 at UBS

Today (10th July 2019) five children from Year 5 entered the last stage of the STEAM competition at UBS Bank and came third. The children had to design a robotic car and an obstacle course to allow the car to be challenged. They used many of their skills to successfully complete the challenge. The...

Bike Around The Borough

It was an amazing experience today (27th June 2019) where children from Daubeney Primary School participated in the annual cycle ride around Hackney. The 10 mile route took the children from Homerton to Hackney Downs, then to Stoke Newington, Newington Green, Dalston and then back to Hackney for...

Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 4

[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] It’s day 4 and you’d have thought the tiredness would have set in by now... well it has with the teachers. The children are just as energised as ever. They finished last night with wider games and the usual hot chocolate before bed. This...

Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 3

[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] Day 3 and things are not slowing down. And wait for it... IT DIDN’T RAIN! The sun even poked its head through the clouds for a few glorious seconds. What a time to be alive. The children finished yesterday with fried chicken and chips and...

Year 2 - Ultimate Times Table Challenge!

Before the half term, Year 2s took part in the ULTIMATE TIMES TABLE CHALLENGE. As it was the KS1 SATS earlier in May, we had to practice our times tables a lot and we took this opportunity to continue it even more after the SATS. We practiced for the whole of Summer 1 and on the last day of the...

Year 6 - No Pens Day Wednesday

Year 6 had to get creative with their maths today when we had no pens day. We took part in a variety of games which challenged our times tables, our quick number fact recall and our oracy skills. One of the games we had to talk for 60 seconds about one number without any erms or pauses. Try it -...

Daubeney's 100 Active Challenge

... in the Daubeney’s 100 Active Challenge. The children had a Challenge each day to see how many squats, crunches, lunges, jumping jacks and burpees they could do in 100 seconds. Our Junior Mentor Health team created videos to help us with the Challenge....

Hackney School Challenge Training Week 1

Year 6 - Geography: Mapping Skills Day

Lesson 1: For our first lesson this Mapping Day we first recapped all that we have learned before, including the 8 points in a compass to how to read a map. We then looked at globes and how to read globes. On our maps, we identified the 7 continents, lines of latitude such as the Tropics of...

Year 5 - WOW day Autumn 1 2023

Year 5 had an awesome WOW day! They recapped what they have learnt this term and made relevant links to the over arching question : How would you prepare to climb Mount Kilimanjaro ? Year 5 learnt the challenges mountain climbers face such as potential dangers, expensive equipment and being ready...

Year 5 - Computing Week 2

We've spent another week familiarising ourselves with the 2Design and Make program. This lesson focused on changing the shapes of our vehicles. We did a few challenges as a class

Hackney Schools' Challenge

Year 4 - 4M SEAL Lesson - Give

This week the children in 4M were set a challenge to GIVE something anything like a smile, or a helping hand or even time to talk. We had a lovely session sharing as a class

Therapy Dog

Research has shown many benefits to therapy and reading dogs in school settings. Daubeney School has introduced the access to a dog promoting emotional well-being, curiosity and engagement as an additional provision for pupils with high additional needs at school. Although there is a risk in...

Daubeney Reading Champions

We are the Daubeney Reading Champions! Our role is to promote reading at Daubeney and share our ideas with other schools in Hackney. We had the opportunity to attend the Reading Champions launch at Hackney Town Hall and got to meet Councillor Bramble, the deputy mayor, who presented us with our...

Children’s Mental Health Week 2022 - Growing Together

...g ways to help each other grow. Challenges and setbacks can help us to grow and adapt and trying new things can help us to move beyond our comfort zone into a new realm of possibility and potential. However, emotional growth is often a gradual process that happens over time, and sometimes we might f...

Rudolph Run

Daubeney Primary School is collaborating with St Joseph’s Hospice to run laps around the playground to raise money for the hospice. The run will take place on Wednesday 8th December 2021 in the KS2 playground from 9:30am. Reception classes will commence the run and run 1 lap around the playground,...

Anti-Bullying Week 2021 - One Kind Word

Daubeney enjoyed spreading kindness in Anti-Bullying Week. The focus was, One Kind Word. Children had the opportunity to participate in activities during their JIGSAW sessions and ended the week with our annual Odd Socks Day . The children discussed bullying in assemblies and workshops and...

Mental Health - Giving

...who completed the ‘Act of Kindness Challenge’. Great work Daubeney, rememeber, ‘In a world where you can be anything, be kind!’....

Year 4 - Sound

Year 4 are learning all about sound this half term. They have started their first session with a practical lesson about vibrations and the sounds that they make. They have also shared some questions that they have about sound. I challenge Daubeney students to find out the answers and comment below!

Year 2 - 2K World Maths Day 2019

Today (12th March 2019) was World Maths Day!! It was a fun day as 2K enjoyed taking part in different Maths activities. They enjoyed working in groups; whereby each child contributed ideas that helped their team solve the equation. Some teams used concrete as others challenged themselves with...

Year 3 - Christmas Party Day in 3T

3T have had a fun-filled day of festive frivolities! In the morning, they enjoyed creative activities, board games, word searches (including one in Spanish!) and they even got a visit from the one and only Santa! Later, they played a game called 'minute to win it' in which they had to...

Maths Times Table Challenge

Children from Year 3 to Year 6 participated in a times table challenge. The children were extremely excited and enthusiastic to take part and pit their speed and accuracy skills against their peers. The children received team points, certificates and mathematical games and puzzles as reward for...

Junior Literacy Team Meet SLT

On Thursday 7th March, the Junior Literacy Team were invited to meet with Mr Logan, Mr Dharma, Ms Lucey, Ms Gustave, Ms Bibi, Ms Corpe and Ms Cenac (Senior Leadership Team). We discussed ways to encourage reading and writing throughout the school – even in Nursery! It was a great opportunity...

Year 3 - Federation Maths Challenge 2017

A team of 5 pupils from each of the Year 3 classes took part in the event. They working through a variety of problem solving and reasoning activities collaboratively. They took part in relay races, cross-number puzzles and worked systematically through a variety of investigations. Daubeney did very...

Year 3 - Making Recycled Hats

Year 3 had lots of fun making hats from recycled material. They had a special visit from Eco Active Team to encourage the children to recycle. They were taught what things they can recycle in school and at home. They were put to a challenge to make recycled hats in 5mins. This was hardwork but Year...

Coding Challenge

The Computing Team went to Sebright for a coding challenge. We made some incredible games and learned all about commands, loops and debugging. Watch this space to play our games soon

Hackney Junior Citizenship

Hackney Junior Citizenship Schemes is a fast-paced, multiple-agency event run for Year 6 students and designed to help pupils prepare for the challenges they may face as they become young adults. Our Year 6 pupils enjoyed a carousel of activities with up to ten different agencies delivering short...

Hackney Fun Run

...e annual Schools' Fun Run Challenge at Hackney Marshes. The day as per usual was a great success for all involved, with many of our students declaring/discovering their love for running! Our marathon runners Mrs Taylor, Mr Dharma and Mr Logan were all in attendance along with others members of s...

First Week in Year 6

It has been a busy but exciting first week back for our new Year 6s. They have had to demonstrate incredible resilience as their first task was to complete a round of assessments. The children met this challenge with grit and determination and were still smiling at the end. We have spent time...

First Week in Year 3

Take a look at what Year 3 have been getting up to in their Maths and Literacy lessons this week: In one of their Literacy lessons, Year 3 got to know the story of The Gingerbread Man in preparation for a writing task later this week. In groups, they created freeze frames of different scenes from...

Easter Bonnet Parade 2017 - Year 1 and 2

Year 1 and 2 rose to the challenge of creating amazing Easter Bonnets. Take a look as they show them off to their parents and carers at our Easter Bonnet Parade

Year 3 Maths Workshop

Year 3 took part in Maths workshop led by Mr Naidoo. The children were challenged through a series of activities to test their mathematical knowledge. They first of all began with a test of their times table where they had a set time to answer as many times table questions as they can. They later...

Year 4 - #PassOnPlastic

Year 4 created pledges to #PassOnPlastic. This is such a great challenge and if you check the hashtag, you will find that over 100 MPs have also created pledges to do the same! Children learnt about the responsibility of humans to protect the global environment. They also learnt about simple...

Year 1 Autumn Walk in Daubeney Fields

1D enjoyed their autumn walk in Daubeney Fields where the children explored different features of the season, collected leaves, completed autumn challenges and had lots of fun!

Year 4 Return to School 2017

Year 4 have had a great return to school. The children are bursting with energy and ready for all challenges thrown at them this year. 'I feel great being back at school. I look forward to doing tests and seeing my results.' Brian - 4C 'I'm happy to be back because I like Year 4....

6S - Spanish Dictionary Challenge

This week, 6S took on a new challenge on their Spanish learning by using a Spanish online dictionary and translation websites to be able to understand and independently translate a text. They used their expertise in dealing with the Spanish alphabetical order confidently to be able to look up...

Year 3 - World Maths Day 2019

To celebrate World Maths Day, Year 3 took part in many fun-filled maths games and challenges. They completed the activities collaboratively and used a range of mathematical operations to solve the problems

Boys Can Sing

We sang our hearts out at City Academy with five other schools. Every child was a star performer and really rose to the challenge on the day

Year 5 - Distance Time Graph

Today (7th March 2019) the Year 5 pupils had a challenge in their maths session. They were given a graph showing time versus distance. the children had to interpret the data by reading and understanding the graph, then they created their own questions about the data

Year 5 - IntoUniversity

Year 5 went on a whole day trip to 'IntoUniversity' where their stereotypes and prior knowledge was challenged. They were inspired by the fact that anyone can attend University and how it did not have an age limit! Year 5 took part in a range of activities and put a lot of effort into their...

4G's Work Week Mannequin Challenge

Can you guess what jobs everyone does?!

Year 5 - Study Star Number Challenge

The children in Year 5 were challenged today (9-10-2018) with a number puzzle. Their task was to use all the digits, from 1-9 with any of the four operations to make a total of 100. If you would like to try different combinations of making the number 100 see transum.org to play the game at home...

Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 3

It's been another fantastic day on the residential! We started the day with cereal, juice and a huge selection of pastries! We read out all the parents, families and friends comments whilst the children ate. The comments really helped the children get motivated for another fun filled day of...

Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 3

Day 3 and things are not slowing down. The children finished yesterday with pasta bake and hot cocoa. The tiredness had set in and it was a very quiet night in the cabin. After an energising sleep, the children were woken up to the smell of fresh pastries baking in the oven. They had enough choice...

Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 4

It’s day 4 and you’d have thought the tiredness would have set in by now... well it has with the teachers. The children are just as energised as ever. They finished last night with wider games which incorporated orienteering with a quiz. Of course, Mr Swarbrick’s group emerged...

Year 6 - 6M: Inspiring People Around the World

6M have been learning all about inspiring people around the world through research. We have decided to research people that inspire us and make a difference to the world. This information will then help us to write our own biography on our chosen person. We found that many of the people we...

Hackney School Challenge Training Week 2